Firefighters battle Baxter house fire amid dangerous conditions
Brainerd hits 89 Saturday, breaking record set in 1913, with 88 degrees. The high temperatures, combined with gusty winds and relative humidity kept much of the state in a red flag warning Saturday. Brainerd firefighters responded to a house fire Saturday, where they battled the heat from the fire as well as the air temperatures. 12:00 am, May 3, 2021 ×
Fire damage is visible at a house Sunday, May 2, 2021, on Memorywood Drive in Baxter. Kelly Humphrey / Brainerd Dispatch
Fire danger was high Saturday, May 1, in the Brainerd lakes area and much of Minnesota with high temperatures, gusty winds and low relative humidity keeping firefighters busy.
Both drivers suffered non-life-threatening injuries and were transported to Essentia Health-St. Joseph’s Medical Center in Brainerd.
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NISSWA Emergency personnel responded to a two-vehicle personal injury crash Sunday, May 2, at the intersection of Highway 371 and Nisswa Avenue in Nisswa.
The Minnesota State Patrol was called at 12:45 p.m. to the crash involving Mariah Jo Hines, 28, Breezy Point, who was driving a Honda Pilot north on Highway 371 in the left lane, and Gary R. Fredrickson, 80, Minneapolis, who was driving a Ford Taurus west on Nisswa Avenue.
The two vehicles collided. Nisswa Avenue is a one-way allowing eastbound traffic only, the state patrol reported.
A lifesaving decision: Baxter man’s decision to head to the gym saved his life
“I was talking to Laurie and . she was going to run some errands and I told her I was going to go home and eat the homemade beef and broccoli my wife made over the weekend and that was it. I picked up my shoes, sat down on the chair from what I can remember, and over I went, the Baxter man said. 3:27 pm, Apr. 27, 2021 ×
Anytime Fitness employee Mark Fussy (left) embraces Les Lodewyck of Baxter Monday, April 26, after a presentation of several Heartsaver Awards presented by North Memorial Health Services in Brainerd at the Anytime Fitness center in northeast Brainerd. The Heartsaver Award is given to individuals who participate in the successful resuscitation of a patient in cardiac arrest. Fussy along with several others received the award Monday for their part in saving Lodewyck s life when he went into cardiac arrest at the fitness center. Steve Kohls / Brainerd Dispatch
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Cassandra Berg died after her ATV struck an embankment in the Paul Bunyan State Forest.
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A 38-year-old Crosslake woman died after an all-terrain vehicle crash Saturday, April 10, in the Paul Bunyan State Forest in Thorpe Township.
The Hubbard County Sheriff’s Office received a report at 3:26 p.m. of a single ATV crash involving a female who was found unresponsive.
Deputies and medical personnel responded to the remote area on the Thorpe Tower Forest Road and located the crash scene. Cassandra Berg was pronounced dead at the scene, after a Nevis first responder and sheriff’s deputy performed CPR until North Memorial Health Ambulance arrived on scene. Extensive efforts to revive Berg were unsuccessful, according to the sheriff’s office.